The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-11

And she wanted for to go
To the hopera or show,
I'd tell her. Take your AT on or stay ONE
And, oh, my eye,
Amt they high
In the air. L declare:
Amt they built a funny way.
With their pigeons and their fowls
And their rooste rs and their owls
AT least the dickey brides say.
CHoRUs-Hcw do we construct - hat:
Take Q rat take a cat take met,
| Set 'em up on ladder far away
II thereu pom you find
You can't see q house behind.
That's the fashion, so the dieky
brides say.
| The weather is getting to be some
thing like Florida. In a few days the
warm sun will dIssipate ali traces of the
cold and cloudy weather of the past few
DAYS.
The Trustees of the Cemetery are
kindly and respectfully requested to
meet the ladies of the Memorial Society
on Wednesday. at $3.50 p. M, January
10, 1887, at the residence of Mrs. S. j.
Kennerly.
Mr.. Peter Petermann will receive
from the North in a few days a very fine
and large Newfoundland dog and two
pups of the same breed. The Newfound-
land is well trained and is said to be a
most valuable dog.
The trains continue to pass through
daily with very large crowds of passen-
gers. II this thing keeps up much long
/ IL 10, LII e..
planning with tourists. And yet the bulk
of the winter tourists are not yet on the
road.
The carpenters have had charge Of
THE NEWS office for several weeks, and
now the painters are in possession. They
which will be the most elegant and com
Portable of any similar esta blishment in
the State in a few days.
Messrs. Vertrees & Co. are try ing a new
experiment in introducing sheep fertil-
Izer. They have just received car load
of this valuable fertilizer from Western
Texas, which they will sell at $25 per ton
in order TO introduce it to our truckers
and orange growers. They think it the
best thing ever offered here in the way OF
a fertilizer, and il a sale is found for il
they will bring it here in large quaint
ties.
, Capt. b. F. McGraw showed us yester
day quite a curiosity in the shape of ar
orange. The orange itself " as of the
ordinary variety, but had grown the
! | ali If AttanhaA rivh
at the stem, was a slender growth shaped
like a rams horn, and curled over the
entire length of the orange, looking like
3 an orange colored lead attached to the
fruit. 1t is a queer freak of nature, anC
attracted a great deal of attention.
: In a letter received yesterday from
Mr.. John l.. Albright, of DeLand, Flor
ida, he says: Besides THE PALATKl
NEWS, get the st. Paul Weekly Press
New York Weekly World and Savannah
= Weekly Ne,rs, and among all of them
: do not say il to fistter, but rather {,
compliment you and the contributors t.
- THE PALATKA News, you rival then
all. and for the price THE NEWS is
9 credit to you and Palatka." We thanl
our friend for his compliment.
Bishop Hendrix preached to a yer,
= large congregation at the Methods
} church Sunday morning. and his sermon
8 is said to have been one Of the most pro
found and logical ever heard in Palatka
9 At the close OF the sermon a collection
was taken up to lift the church debt
I when about $3.50 was subscribed, enough
d to pay for the completion of the new
church building. After the collection
]. the Bishop, in a short but impressive
= ceremony, dedicated the new church
Our Methodits friends are to be congrat
ulated on the fact that their beautiful
s church building is now paid for.
The London romance "The Insid
Track" leaves very favorable impress
sion wherever presented, and will m
f doubt attract large audience TO TIN
:. Opera House. Wednesday evening, Jan
uary 18th, which is the date Of the By
ron Combination here. The Boston
: Daily Adrertiser, of October 12th said
: 1.-The Inside Track highly sensa
tional melodrama. was presented at tn
Howard last evening, before an audienc
: which filled every seat in the house. Tn
!. piece is Of nature which appeal
strongly to the lovers Of the sensational
!. Mr.. Oliver Byron assumed the leadin
character, Harry Denbigh, and he wa
N supported by Miss Kate Byron. who too
II the part of Jerry Twaddle in a yer
e pleasing manner. MIR. Harry h. HuG
h son as Samuel Slade, the regulation vii
r liam, Was satisfactory. and 30 was Mr.. q.
10 =. johnson as John Foster. Miss Lesli
; Leigh as Venie Foster scored a success:
If The rest Of the actors were equal to tn
is demands Of their respective parts"